Crimpshrine

It's on the radio

Radio Lancs singing his praises

£3.00 Waggott tax per game for being naughty and missing the deadline.

If I could guarantee a place right next to Mowbray with full TV exposure I'd be tempted to buy a cutout. I would of course be be wearing my 'Venky's Out' T-shirt

From Barnsley's web site Due to this uncertainty and the need for urgent earnings to preserve the Club’s immediate financial future, seasonal passes will shortly be made available for the 2020/21 season at heavily discounted rates. During the first month of sales, an exclusive ‘flat rate’ will be in operation across the stadium. If you opt to renew your seat, you will still be entitled to either donate your remaining 19/20 games or claim a ‘four game flexi’. Also, inline with trying to do the right thing for our supporters, if other options are deemed unsuitable, we will attempt to offer pro-rata refunds for those entitled to four home 2019/20 fixtures. Despite this move being detremental to the Club (if 9,000+ seasonal members opt for refunds, significant strains will be exerted on our cash-flow (approximately -£400,000)), it is morally a necessity.

Usual slopey shoulders. Lynsey Talbot is the General Manager of Rovers, Steve Waggot is CEO. There is no way the statement released yesterday came from someone in the commercial department without being authorised by those two. Compare Rovers' statement with the Port Vale statement posted on this thread. Which club has their fans' interests at heart and which doesn't ?

Give hime some credit for 'pie and a pint' at £7.50 ! What a bargain that is - especially after you have been fined £3.00 because you didn't buy a match ticket in advance.

My holiday to Spain has been cancelled. I've been offered two sessions on a flight simulator software and a video of an empty beach to watch for 5 days.

I think we all feel that way - The club has lost it's soul. I email the club regularly and get the same response every time - we will look into it. Then nothing..

With respect to guidance coming from the club about ST refunds etc, we need to remember that we are not a normal club. Steve Waggott will never announce anything without approval from Pune. If Suhail is not currently available then communication with Pune could be non existent. Rovers' execs are effectively puppets. The puppet masters don't have a clue what's going on and have no interest either. It's not surprising we are always behind the curve.

So behind closed doors is the same as having no gate ?

Do football stadia have doors ?

I doubt Tony will be able to get to Pune this summer and very little seems to get sorted until he's completed his annual pilgrimage. Contact between Ewood and Pune is usually via Suhail who may well be out of the country. So I can't see many decisions any time soon.

Well it is going ahead so I guess the authorities are taking the same view that you are. But, as you have just admitted, it is not risk free and the small risk could be more important to some people than to others. Some unexpected turn of events could see those small risks becoming a serious reality for someone. No football, no risk. I hope you are right and there are no repercussions.

Can you be 100% confident in the testing procedure and the accuracy of the results ? How would anyone know if someone had become contaminated or infected between testing and playing the match. Wait for the outcry when a player tests positive the day after a match. Was he infectious the day before ? All an unnecessary risk for meaningless football in empty stadiums

My logic is that football cannot be played safely in the current situation and creates an unnecessary risk to the players, officials and the families of both. As it is non essential, it should not happen. Other businesses can mitigate risk by social distancing and hygiene measures, reduced service, control on the movement of customers, wearing masks. Lots of ways to make the risks very low for everyone involved. A football match involves physical contact, sweating, panting, deep breathing in close proximity to other people, spitting maybe some cuts to the skin. None of the measures mentioned above can be implemented. So football is a special case - it can't be done safely. We can't even attempt to reduce the risks. I know the players and officials will be tested but is that 100% reliable? Is any other contact sport considering restarting?

Or, one player passes it to another two or three. All families self isolate which may affect 12 people one of whom could have an underlying condition. That person's health may really suffer or someone may die. Repeat this for each team currently retuning to training. Just so we can have football in empty stadiums.

Any non-essential activity creates added risk which can be avoided if the activity does not take place. Football is non essential. It should not take place. Wait for a vaccine.

Not a peep from Venky's during the pandemic. No statement of support for players or fans or staff. What is their opinion on football restarting? Just the usual silence!

Exactly. Venky's may own Rovers but they don't worry or care about Rovers. Anything could happen in the coming months.

great stuff - don't stop posting. Have you ever thought of joining the fans forum ?

I am with you on a lot of this Vinjay. Rovers have not capitalised on the enthusiasm that the 'success' of promotion from league 1 generated. The last two seasons have been drab and a lack of any real sign of ambition from the club means that it is losing the interest of many people as readily as it is losing money on a daily basis. The owners lack of interest is permeating down to the fanbase. I don't attend matches at Ewood but i believe the atmosphere is non existant and the match day experience is poor. New marketing and thinking outside the box are essential to regenerate interest. Obviously an exciting team and success on the field is the best way to get interest up again but I can't see this at the moment. The current pandemic may cause people to realise how unimportatnt football is in the whole scale of things. Many may not return unless the product on offer is improved. Any new ideas will need to by approved in Pune and be presented by Steve Waggott who is only interested in instant financial benefit.so chances of anything exciting happening are slim. I think what you ( Vinjay ) are hoping for is a St Pauli type set up which really is exciting and has captured the imagination of football fans throughout the world. Football is almost secondary to the fact that people identify with the ethos of the club and it's authenticity as a real 'club' that people feel part of. How I would love that for Rovers. Musicians are queing up to play before and after St Pauli matches and see it as a privilege. Rovers, as a club, under Venky's is a damp squib. Anyway, at the moment football is not important but maybe in the future we will get our Rovers back. Stay safe.

Match v Liverpool with Mark Atkins own goal. We really deserved to hang on that day. Totally gutted and really felt sorry for Atkins who was obviously devastated.

Niklas Gudmundsson - did he ever play a full game for Rovers?

Overdraft increasd by about £3,000,000. Anyone got any idea why they would borrow more money from the Bank when they have declared the company has 'sufficient funds and is willing to provide additional financing as may be required'. Given the interest rate this seems a bit odd.